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Apr 12, 2006

About Cocaine

by SirGan
Cocaine is powerful and one of the strongest addictive stimulant that directly affects the brain. By its chemical structure it belongs to the group of chemicals called crystalline tropane alkaloid. It is a central nervous system stimulant and an appetite suppressant. Cocaine is causing some kind of euphoric sense of happiness and increased energy. Although the fact is that every person reacts to cocaine differently. There are generally two type ...

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Apr 11, 2006

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

by SirGan
Scoliosis is one deformity of spine in which there is a lateral or side spine curvature. The spine may curve to the left or right. Term "idiopathic" means that the cause of this form of scoliosis is still unknown although there are many possible theories. Of course, it is very possible and probably true that idiopathic scoliosis is caused by multiple factors. Scoliosis “adolescent” because it is present in 2 to 4 percent of ...

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Apr 11, 2006

Testicular cancer: Self Examination Tips

by SirGan
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men that typically develops in one or both testicles. Most of the patients are 15 to 34 years old. Nearly 2000 men are diagnosed with this form of cancer in the UK each year. Testicles are normally positioned in scrotum, a bag-like formations just underneath the penis. They are very important because they produce male sex hormones and sperm cells for reproduction. These hormones control the de ...

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Apr 10, 2006

Renal Osteodystrophy

by SirGan
Although, the term “renal” points on some disease related to kidneys, renal osteodystrophy is in fact the bone disorder that occurs when kidneys fail to maintain the proper levels of calcium and phosphorus in blood.   According to Health Care Financing Administration report, more than 230,000 Americans are under treatment for end-stage renal disease. Etiology of the renal osteodystrophy The etiology of renal osteodystrophy i ...

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Apr 10, 2006

Early Pregnancy Symptoms and Signs

by MariAnne
How many women is trying to conceive, or how many of them are afraid of this? They are watching each single body symptom just to confirm if they are pregnant or not. Does a woman know enough about reproductive system to understand this process? Which pregnancy symptoms and signs are true and which are false? Which of these early pregnancy symptoms and signs we can see during early pregnancy period? If we want to understand process, we h ...

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Apr 07, 2006

Depression Model Leaves Mice with Molecular Scar

by marcusm
In addition to triggering a depression-like social withdrawal syndrome, repeated defeat by dominant animals leaves a mouse with an enduring molecular scar in its brain that could help to explain why depression is so difficult to cure, suggest researchers funded by National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In mice exposed to this animal model of ...

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Apr 06, 2006

Ovarian cancer: Causes, symptoms risk factors, treatment and prevention

by MariAnne
Ovarian cancer is often called the silent killer because many times there are no symptoms until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage and is too late for treatment. This is huge problem because one-third of American women will get some form of cancer in their lifetime. Approximately one and one half percent of those cases will be cancer involving one or both ovaries, which is huge problem. When we hear so many women have trouble with th ...

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Apr 05, 2006

Abdominal pain during pregnancy: Causes & Treatments

by MariAnne
Unfortunately, it is common problem pregnant women experience abdominal pain. So many times doctors have heard complain such as pains in abdomen and back. It is known there are lots of reasons to have pains. However, it is everyone's job to recognize what the pain came from. For the start everyone should know round ligament stretching will cause minor pain or even moderate pain in lower abdomen during pregnancy. Pregnant woman has to distinguish ...

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Apr 04, 2006

Convalescence and recovery after gallbladder surgery

by MariAnne
Since gallbladder surgery became one of the most common surgeries today, it is quite normal that many people want to learn more about it. Most of them do not know what a gallbladder is, and what its role in organism is. Even more, it would be very useful to understand which problems our unhealthy gallbladder could cause. The question is - should we choose gallbladder removal or alternative treatment? What are the benefits of gallbladder surgery a ...

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Apr 03, 2006

Tonsillitis, Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy and possible side effects

by MariAnne
Nowadays, many young children had their tonsils already removed. Tonsils removal or surgery process is called tonsillectomy. In fact, surgery was once the standard treatment for tonsillitis, which is an inflammation of the tonsils caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Tonsillectomy was commonly done in preschool and school-age children, since they are most affected with tonsillitis. However, we all had chance to hear that in some cases childr ...

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